Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Fast and Furious update




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We arm Mexican drug cartels with assault rifles and we outfit our own with beanbags.


The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Monday charging five people in connection with Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's death -- a move that drew praise as well as skepticism from lawmakers laser-focused on the case.

The department, in unsealing the document, also announced a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of four suspects who are still at large.

The developments come amid an intensifying debate over the department's failed Fast and Furious anti-gunrunning operation. Weapons from that program were found at Terry's murder scene -- Republicans seeking documents pertaining to Fast and Furious last month escalated their probe by voting to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

According to the indictment, the five defendants are charged with crimes including first-degree murder, second-degree murder and assault on a federal officer. The indictment alleges that the five defendants also assaulted three other Border Patrol agents who were with Terry.

For the first time, federal officials also revealed that Terry and the elite squad of federal agents initially fired bean bags -- not bullets -- at the heavily armed drug cartel crew in the mountains south of Tucson in December 2010. During the exchange, Terry was shot and killed.
(italics, ours)

We might want to give some serious thought to ending our sacrificing of brave men like Brian Terry by ending this dog'n'pony show called the war on drugs. It's entirely evident that we aren't serious about it and have instead politicized it. We apparently think it's a glorified pillow fight, so why bother?

And you would not be a hopeless cynic for wondering why those indictments are exclusive to south of the border.

#fireholder

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2 comments:

SarahB said...

Bean bag rounds. I have to wonder if Terry was even issues actual bullets. Sounds like a big distraction as Holder goes on the voter's rights offensive.

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